diff --git a/MiRCART-python/MiRCARTCanvasImportStore.py b/MiRCART-python/MiRCARTCanvasImportStore.py
index 6b55b48..275a9ac 100644
--- a/MiRCART-python/MiRCARTCanvasImportStore.py
+++ b/MiRCART-python/MiRCARTCanvasImportStore.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class MiRCARTCanvasImportStore():
     # }}}
     # {{{ importTextFile(self, pathName): XXX
     def importTextFile(self, pathName):
-        self.inFile = open(pathName, "r", encoding="utf-8")
+        self.inFile = open(pathName, "r", encoding="utf-8-sig")
         self.inSize = self.outMap = None;
         inCurColourSpec = ""; inCurRow = -1;
         inLine = self.inFile.readline()
diff --git a/MiRCART-python/MiRCARTToPngFile.py b/MiRCART-python/MiRCARTToPngFile.py
index 45bee4e..e1f03b8 100755
--- a/MiRCART-python/MiRCARTToPngFile.py
+++ b/MiRCART-python/MiRCARTToPngFile.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class MiRCARTToPngFile:
         outCurPos = [0, 0]
         outImg = Image.new("RGBA", outSize, (*self._ColourMapNormal[1], 255))
         outImgDraw = ImageDraw.Draw(outImg)
+        outImgDraw.fontmode = "1"
         for inCurRow in range(len(self.inCanvasMap)):
             for inCurCol in range(len(self.inCanvasMap[inCurRow])):
                 inCurCell = self.inCanvasMap[inCurRow][inCurCol]